here's chapter 8 (Back in the present tense) Enjoy. Dislcaimer: I dont own Hetalia Kawaiimafokushi
(Kiku POV)
I rush up to Natlya who has just come back from kami knows where. "Where have you been?" I ask her concerned.
"Oh nowhere. Just went for a walk." She replies smilng. My stomach churns slightly.
"Why is Natalia here?" I ask her.
"Oh right that. Well you see Roderich dumped Natailia and she was standing there crying so I let her in." She explians. I look down at her wrist.
"Why is there blood?" I ask her scared of what I think.
"Well you see I got some sweet revenge and err..." She trails off showing me a hunting knife.
"Did you hurt anyone?" I ask her
"Yes." She retorts.
"Tawagoto." I curse. Natlya giggles before looking at Tim and Natalia. "I was wondering why they were making out." I add smiling like an idiot.
"Did you get footage?" She asks. I nod and whip out my camcorder. She giggles once more while she watches the footage that I caught. "You can be such a stalker at times you know." She giggles.
"Yeah I know." I reply bashfully. My stomach errupts into butterflies when her cold blue eyes bore into mine.
"What?" She asks as I stay riveted to the spot
"Oh nothing." I manage to choke out in astonishment. How could a cold blooded killer who wanted to marry her brother make me turn to jelly?
We soon thank Ludwig for his hospitality and leave. "How do you think Temari is?" Natlya asks me.
"I don't know." I reply dreading the worst. I hestiantly open the door only to have a flash of black and brown fly at my face. "Shit!" I curse as Temari licks every bit of my face clean. She soon pads off to Natlya and rolls on her back. Natlya strokes Temari's stomach lovingly before walking into the house. Rushing to my rec room, I check that everythings okay and clean as well as not chewed up before hearing a loud knock on the door. "Oh hi there Prussia." I smile.
"Ja hi there. I just want you to know that I have a new dog scince I am so awesome." He smiles while showing me a completley white wolf.
"Errr Gilbert where did you get that wolf?" I ask him.
"From ze animal shelter. They just dumped her here ze bastards." He retorts smiling.
"That's a boy." I state bored checking the wolf's gender.
"Oh ja I knew that." He says sheepishly. I chckle quietly. "His name is Moro." Prussia adds.
"Oh right." I say bluntly.
"I need you to take him while I go hiking for a few days." He says smiling.
"Right. How old is he?" I ask him.
"About six months old." He replies before thrusting the leash into my hands. "By the way he hasn't been chopped." He retorts before walking off.
"Oh right." I mutter. before leading the big wolf into the kitchen where Natlya is feeding Temari. Moro pulls toward Temari with such force, I nearly fall flat on my face. Natlya looks at me questioningly. "Why is there a wolf in here?" She asks me.
"Prussia wants me to look afer him." I reply struggling to keep Moro calm. "Why is Moro trying to get near Temari?" I ask Natlya.
"Duh. Temari's in heat." She states bored.
"What does that mean?" I ask while managing to dive on the wolf to keep him calm.
"Didn't you ever listen in S.E.D?" She asks bluntly. Catching on, I turn red and look away from Natlya. I see Temari trot toward the wolf and sniff him a couple of times before licking his face. Being such a big wolf, He shakes me off and stands infront of Temari with his tail wagging. Her tail wags itself as she sniffs his behind and then exposes hers to Moro. Happily, the wolf gets behind Temari and starts to rise onto its hind legs. "No you don't." I wince as I pull the wolf back. "We don't need puppies yet." Natlya giggles as she lets Temari out into the fenced garden before shutting the door therefore Moro can't get to her. I let him go and he looks around confused before whining. To shut him up, I grab some dog food and put it infront of him. He eats it hungrily. "Seems like he wolfed that down." I say hoping to make Natlya laugh. To my delight, she giggles slightly and strokes Moro qietly.
After an hour and a bit of coming up with a solution, We lie exhausted while slamming the door on the huge wolf. To my distress, we decided to let him stay in the living room and let him out when Temari is inside. Temari just stays with Natlya anyway. We soon let Temari in only to see fresh blood on my ornate rug. "Taka..." I sigh knowing I'm going to have to go through hell and back to get that cleaned. "What are we going to do. They both need to go out to pee but if we take Temari out then she'll get harrassed by the other dogs." Natlya says. I groan and slump onto my knees.
"We could let her stay at Ludwig's place." I consider but then shut up when I realise that he is going with Gilbert.
"What about Alfred?" She offers.
"He has two boxers remember." I counter.
"Yeah but they're both neutered." Natlya shoots back. I sigh and whip out my phone in defeat.
"Hey there man!" Alfred's voice booms. I cringe at his loudness.
"Hi." I reply quietly.
"What's up?" He asks.
"I need you to look after my dog." I reply not wanting to listen to his drabble.
"Yeah sure I have looked after Pochi kun loads!" He exclaims. I force myself not to cry and take a shaky breath.
"Pochi kun's gone." I exclaim shakily.
"Huh?" He asks. "Like in you gave him away right?"
"No." I reply. My throat starts to constrict and sting making my eyes water "He died."
"WHAT!" Alfred screams making me clutch onto the wall for support.
"He was old and I came back from school one day to see him sprawled on the floor, tongue out legs open." I explain shakily.
"Then what?" He asks.
"I went to feed him but he wouldn't get up so I walked over to him and nudged him. He didn't move and so I checked his pulse and there wasn't any." I add. "He had died in his favourate spot." By then, I am barley holding it in. I hear Alfred burst into tears. I can't hold it in anymore and start crying.
"Dude. I'll look after your new dog." Alfred finally confirms.
"Thank you so much." I choke out before crying even more. I soon get Temari and walk her out of the house on her leash. We soon get to Alfred's house. I knock on the door in silence. He soon answers it smiling weakly. His two dogs, Rex and Red, walk up with him. Smiling, I hand Temari over to him. He smiles slightly. "Cool dog dude." He says.
"Thanks." I retort. "Her name is Temari." I add before walking off.
"Okay dude see you in a couple of days." He calls. I nod in silence and walk back home